'Malanasa Cookies' by Exoticseed

(Oh wow, I don't have many pictures of her this week😬. Lots of glamor, lol!) Howdy! Behind again? Yep! Here be Week 4 (Days 24-30) of Bloom w/ Malanasa Cookies. The Deets: The Good: -Her Terpene profile is something to behold. She's very strong and is just getting better and better with the days passing. -Not big buds, but a lot of em' and starting to bulk up a bit. Her trich and resin production is far better with her fans becoming caked and warped by resin dripping all over the place. It's a treat and I'm happy to see she's got this going on for her👍. -Her Form and build is now tied with my favorite to date. Her and Blue Cookies from grow two grew in a wonderful fashion with oodles of laterals and bud sites. I take a lot of side profile pictures and Down-up's just for this reason. She's purdy and I do really love er'. The 'Meh': -So, long and short, she's very thin. I'm looking at my schedules and I did underfeed for a small while, but her bud progression is so slow compared to the others... It's night and day when looking at any of the other 3 compared to MS. -She also started to burn here and there, just the tips... This is where I backed off feeding, but after being run down and in a good place, she just continued to burn. So now I'm in a weird spot where I know I need to feed her to bulk her up, but this will cause more damage. Decision: Screw it. She may not be aesthetically pleasing by end game, she may still burn, it may get worse, but I need the medicine and I really need this girl to bulk up. Currently pushing PK (not crazy amounts) and just trying to get things to pick up. Since I started ignoring the burns and went back into heavier PK feeds, she has started to move. I have the proof I need and will continue, regardless of burns here and there. For anyone growing this little one, I don't know if this is with most her phenos, but she is sensitive to over feeding and does NOT like swings to soil PPM's and pH. I want and and eventually will grow her again, remembering that she does not put up with hammy intervention. If you go slow and leave her be, all should be well. -I'm going to have to Trim like crazy on this plant. Oh man, did I miss the mark on Defo and pruning. I loved her laterals so much I didn't take any of them, lol! Now there's just a bunch of thin bud sites and an absolute crap tonne of trimming to do come harvest😪. Ooooof. Better luck next time😅 Notes of the Week: -All in all things are going really well in the units this past week, but I did dial out a bit on my feeds, especially with Malanasa. All is well and just learning some more valuable lessons. Documenting everything for future so maybe, just maybe, I won't repeat this next grow. -Moved into Royal Black this week from Future Harvest to further push some bud density and trich development. Seems to be a great little additive, but it's literally black... Super paranoid to be carrying this stuff around for manual feeds. I spill, I'm screwed😬 -Training officially ended early this week and there is nothing left to do but brace for future weight. Applied some non-static clothe to MS and QS for easier mobility and to focus some light energy direct to the tops. -Defo is ongoing and will be slowly opening up and cutting fans as the the days progress. -A little concerned for Malanasa's end game, but will get more into it with her update entry. She is thin, and seemingly behind her counter-parts. I have adjusted her schedule to bulk her up, but this is causing burns. She may not be as aesthetically pleasing at the end, but medicine first. -Over-Fed but rebalanced, displaced and watered for damn near a week before going back in. I found those limits though and I feel it was worth the hassle trying to dial them in and see how far I could go. Anywho, ppm's are back in check and I've turned to my last grow method of 3/4 dose-Water-1/2 dose or 1/2-water-1/2. This completes her full schedule feeding without being too heavy handed on my end. This takes more time, but I'm far more comfortable doing this lower volume, lower EC feeding over a period of time instead of a one shot kinda deal. It works... and I'll probably be on this regiment till the end. *Note/Opinion/Method** Was asked about my plant health the other day and how I never seem to get droppage. I do in late day Veg, but never in flower. I use the same method I was taught in grow #2 by @Mrs_Larimar. I do not let my plants go to complete dry out, especially to the point of drooping. I see this as a completely unnecessary stress on the girls and it always felt counterintuitive to me. I wouldn't over water and drown my girls, so why would I drought them? Some say it's to purposely kill off old root systems to be replaced by new hairs (and I can get behind that) but the stress of doing this just isn't worth the risk. I achieve new root growth and remove deadage through air pruning and Hygrozyme, always replacing the old with the new. So...prime those plants and never let them get dry. Moist soil is not overwatered soil. It keeps the medium receptive to moisture and nutrients without swinging too far one way or the other and/or stops heavy/fast eating with low RH and low soil water retention. It's an extra step I can understand growers may not want to take, but trust that if you prime your soil a few hours before a feed (literally just a liter or so of plain water), the changes of prolonged drooping from that heavy feed will be mitigated and halted. Doing this for almost a year now and can't remember the last time I had a droop in flower. It just doesn't happen anymore. Credit to Larimar for teaching me this little method long ago... thought I would share it again now, as I have been getting questions here and there about my plants vigorous constitution. This is one of the biggest things I do. Prime that soil and you'll never see them droop or drought again. Thanks @Mrs_Larimar!👋👍** That there is the ball game folks. Really need to get back in the picture groove again, hahaha. Had it on routine lockdown for a bit but man did I fall off track. Probably be like this next week too, since everything is post dated and I see I didn't do much for Week 5 either 😬. Anywho! Thanks for stopping by and I'll get to Week 4 of Bloom with Glookies and Quick Sherbet right away👍. Have a gooder all✊👋